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Thousands of protesters, including CWA members from several states, rallied Nov.

CWA President Morton Bahr said changes to the Medicare program approved by Congress are a massive giveaway to insurance companies, HMOs and the drug industry that will squander billions of Medicare dollars.

The fight to save workers' overtime pay is far from over, in spite of strong-arm tactics by the White House and congressional leaders that led key Republican moderates in late November to abandon support for a Democratic amendment protecting the 40-hour workweek.

A federal bill to give consumers the right to know where service representatives at call centers are located - in the United States or overseas - has been introduced by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.).

Federal legislation protecting workers' freedom to form unions and bargain first contracts is being hailed by union leaders as a critical step forward in the fight for workers' rights. It was to be the centerpiece of International Human Rights Day events Dec. 10, as the CWA News went to press.